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We tend to forget that between possessing something and between losing the same, it just a streak of prana or the breath of life that bridges the two. What are you, and what am I if the breath stops. It is really astonishing that for something that is not going to stay with us for too long, how badly do we trouble our minds. We only like to take, and never give, just because we have desire to possess. This is despite the reality that we almost give ourselves up when we sleep! Have you ever thought would you wake up the next morning, or would you live to see another day? Trees that we plant, that we admire, that we water and that we cut to widen roads or build buildings, give up always without questions asked, just because us humans should be able to live. We occupy only a minuscule patch of this Mother Earth, and rest all is trees in the huge forest cover, rivers, lakes, snow, mountains and the alike, which all give and dont take much. Even then we fail to master renunciation - The Art of Giving Up, which is so passionate yet so sublime, so gratifying yet so spiritual, and so rewarding and yet so simple. Renunciation has often been interpreted in the proper context, but perhaps understood differently. Renunciation is not giving up karma in its entirety, but actually preventing a life of extremes. It is a middle path, a spiritual progression, which traverses on a path that has movements from food, life, mind, knowledge, and ultimately to Brahman, the Self. By eliminating all the limitations of the body, mind and intellect, the Self can be realized. The human being is potentially divine. Renunciation is simply removing the hurdled objects that keep you away from divinity. When you do that, you overcome the world, break the bonds, and lead to realization. The Mundaka Upanishad states, "As the flowing rivers disappear in the sea, losing their name and form, so does a wise man free from name and form and go into the Divine Spirit greater than the great." This experience has different names at different times, as Prana, Jyotis, Akasa, Brahman, Atman, or simply Ananda. The Art of Giving Up is Ananda itself. It is a conscious effort to merge with the subconscious the higher realm of life that moves on a transcendental platform. Example, Mother Teresa. She always gave up what others needed Love. Love attains spiritual meaning when it gives, and does not expect. It becomes bliss Ananda. We normally look for this bliss in material objects, like a beautiful apartment. Then a bigger apartment. Then a palatial house. Then a huge one surrounding by acres of farmland with all beautiful cars lined up for your pleasure. Even then, it is no wonder you wont be happy. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad states that the actions of the human beings decide the outcome. The doer of good becomes good; the doer of evil becomes evil. One becomes virtuous by virtuous action and sinful by sinful action. As is his desire so is his will, as his will so is the deed, he does, and whatever deed he does, that he will reap. When the desires are pointed outwards rather than inwards, you are only expanding your externality, but when vice versa, your pleasures stem from within. And are not codependent on what is outside you, or what you possess. Self-restraint is essential. When you observe self-restraint, you master The Art of Giving Up. The Bhagavad Gita says, " He who sees that the way of renunciation and the way of works are one, he sees indeed." Self-restraint is constituted by eighteen virtues. Breaches and non-observance of ordained acts and omissions, falsehood, malice, lust, wealth, love of (sensual) pleasure, anger, grief, thirst, avarice, deceit, joy in the misery of others, envy, injuring others, regret, aversion from pious acts, forgetfulness of duty, calumniating others, and vanity-he that is freed from these vices; is said by the righteous to be self-restrained. The eighteen faults (that have been enumerated) constitute what is called mada or pride. Renunciation is of six kinds. The reverse of those six again is faults called mada. to be continued Wellness Wisdom Archive Author Interactive : Write to Sanjay Get Connected Promotional Support All Wellness Wisdom articles are copyrighted and reprint or distribution, electronic or otherwise, may please be done only after seeking the author's permission through the Reprint Request form below. |
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